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North American Properties has filed site plan changes for The Avenue East Cobb that includes expanded restaurant and retail space and a live music stage and public plaza. The Atlanta-based commercial real estate firm will go before the Cobb Board of Commissioners next week with a conceptual plan that has been months in the making. … Read more
With warm sunshine splashing down on a glorious spring Friday evening, the easy rhythms of Lilac Wine reverberated from an impromptu stage. The Atlanta acoustic trio covered popular tunes from the 1970s and later for a couple dozen onlookers at The Avenue East Cobb as part of the retail center’s Electric Avenue concert series. Among … Read more
I.M. Pei, the architect who designed the Wildwood Plaza office park in East Cobb and who was known for many acclaimed buildings around the world, has died at the age of 102. His most famous building is the Louvre Museum pyramid in Paris, and he’s also known for the John F. Kennedy library in Boston … Read more
UPDATED TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. This from Board and Brush just now: We are sorry to announce that the Marietta Studio is no longer hosting workshops and will be closed indefinitely. We have sent cancellation emails to all customers who had an upcoming event. In addition, refunds have been processed to all customers affected … Read more
Every couple years we like to survey our readership to find out how we can better serve all of you. Two years ago, as the post-COVID era began, I thought it would be helpful to gauge our readers, and many of you provided very useful feedback. East Cobb News continues to adapt coverage to make … Read more
As we mentioned previously, web traffic at East Cobb News reached an all-time high in 2023. As we close out our news coverage this year, we’ve surpassed 1.7 million pageviews and 900,000 unique monthly visitors for the past 12 months. Our previous best was in 2020, dominated by coverage of the local response to COVID-19 … Read more
The brother partnership of David and Michael Cohen has announced they will be opening Peach State Pizza at Avenue East Cobb on Jan. 9. The new concept, as we noted in February, focuses on “Southern-style pizza with an emphasis on fresh, local ingredients.” The menu will include appetizers, salads, sandwiches, and desserts, as well as … Read more
After reopening in the East Cobb area in 2021, longstanding Greek restaurant Kouzina Christos will be closing for good in January. Owner Christos Giannes announced on Thursday that the last day of business will be Jan. 15, but he didn’t disclose a reason. On the restaurant’s Facebook page, Giannes wrote: “Before we take our final … Read more
The sign has recently gone up in front of the relocated LongHorn Steakhouse in East Cobb: The opening is next Monday, Nov. 20, starting at 3 p.m. for dinner service. There was no further information available; we’ve left a message seeking comment. The standalone building at 4370 Roswell Road is on an outparcel at the … Read more
With Halloween right around the corner, several events in the East Cobb area will be rounding out the final weekend before Tuesday’s All Hallows Eve. For the second year in a row, Avenue East Cobb and East Cobb Church are teaming up to present the Boo Bash, a kid-oriented carnival. It runs from 11 a.m. … Read more
From JJ McKelvey, Taste of East Cobb event coordinator (and main fundraiser for the Walton Band programs), comes word of a free community show the Walton Raider Marching Band is performing Tuesday. It starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Raider Valley football stadium (1591 Bill Murdock Road) and it’s the “Alice Underground” show that has … Read more
Submited information: Famed socialite Tracy Lord is planning a lavish wedding at her Oyster Bay estate, despite the meddling of her ex-husband and a couple of snooping reporters. Based on the 1939 play, “The Philadelphia Story,” with Katharine Hepburn and the 1956 musical film starring Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra, High Society sparkles with Porter standards … Read more
Back in April we visited Cafe Rivkah when it opened at the Pavilions at East Lake Shopping Center, serving up Middle Eastern breakfast/lunch/brunch fare featuring homemade artisanal baked goods. Earlier this week owner Vicky Savrin and her husband Phil, who helps out on the business side, treated guests from the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Visit … Read more
East Cobb is home to a myriad of fitness, health and wellness studios. What’s new to the area is the emerging genre of businesses and treatment centers offering electrical muscular stimulation (EMS) therapy. Among them is Strongvibe, an independent studio at Paper Mill Village that’s had a soft opening for several weeks and which will … Read more
About a year and a half after getting a site plan change approved by the county, Valvoline Instant Oil Change is beginning to break ground for a new facility on the former site of a Chevron gas station at Roswell Road and Johnson Ferry Road. Crews have been digging up what’s left of the Chevron … Read more
There’s still some staff training and final checks to undergo, but the American Family Care Urgent Care location in East Cobb should be open by later this week. That’s the estimate that Dr. Leia Dawson, the new clinic’s medical director, said after a ribbon-cutting celebration on Tuesday. The 3,600-square-foot facility at Merchant’s Festival Shopping Center … Read more
The following food scores have been compiled by the Cobb & Douglas Department of Public Health. Click the link under each listing for inspection details: American Deli 2100 Roswell Road, Suite 2194 September 20, 2023 Score: 85, Grade: B Jambo Grill 2555 Delk Road, Suite A11 September 19, 2023 Score: 100, Grade: A Mountain View Elementary … Read more
As Jerri Heacock began her job at the East Cobb Barber Shop Saturday morning, she was greeted by customers without appointments. They weren’t walk-up clients, but regulars whose hair she had just cut, and she wondered what was up. Some were bearing gifts and roses, and before long her co-workers had rolled out some cupcakes, … Read more
An early feeling of fall is in the air this weekend, with more pleasant temperatures (and humidity levels) and sunny skies for the most part. Around East Cobb, several seasonal activities are on tap, including the fall version of Drew’s Plant Sale, which takes place Saturday 8-3 at Jenkins Park in the Fox Hills subdivision … Read more
The former Zaxby’s restaurant across from the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center has been transformed into special event space. Last week Nazanin Moradimehr (with scissors), owner of Elegance Events (2080 Lower Roswell Road) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A Wheeler High School graduate, she has more than two decades in the restaurant and catering industry, … Read more
